Abstract
A negative resistance piece-wise linear model, and one which is the sum of two sine terms are used to solve the nerve axon problem for leading edge waveshape, pulse velocity, maximum rate of rise, and rise time for the “Hodgkin-Huxley axon.” The results are compared analytically and numerically to experiment and the calculated results of Hodgkin and Huxley, a fuse model, and a cubic solution.
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Rissman, P. The leading edge approximation to the nerve axon problem. Bltn Mathcal Biology 39, 43–58 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02460680
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